Glossary Term – Event

President Washington demonstrated the ability of the federal government to enforce its laws by calling out state militia to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, a revolt by farmers in western Pennsylvania who objected to taxation on whiskey.

Glossary Term – Event

Glossary Term – Event

A Philadelphia newspaper published President Washington’s Farewell Address. A plea for national unity against partisan and sectional divisions, the address also called on the United States to avoid getting entangled in foreign alliances.